The Clothing Motif In King Lear

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The Clothing Motif in King Lear. No. 3. ed. Vol. Vol. 5. N.p.: Thelma Nelson Greenfield, n.d. (Summer, 1954), Pp. 281-286. Folger Shakespeare Library. Web. .
Affiliation: George Washington University
Thesis: The contrast found between being draped and undraped characters in King Lear. It is used to capture the themes in the play, and to also understand the different perspectives of Shakespeare’s motif.
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1. Granville Barker: the reader develops the understanding of the productions and how clothing can signify and individual.
2. Erwin Panofsky: understanding the concept of nudity and superiority and inferiority of an individual.
3. History: the historical perception of biblical and roman tradition during the Medieval Era. Understanding
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